The Call for Projects for the new edition of Doc Co-Production Market is now open!
The Doc Co-Production Market is an event committed to providing exposure to documentary projects in development. Our selection committee selects up to 15 international projects with high artistic standing and distribution potential.
MIA offers several networking opportunities and support producers to connect with the international decision-makers attending the market.
Only main producers with a production company are eligible to submit projects to the DOC Co-Production Market 2026. You may submit multiple entries, provided each meets the eligibility criteria.
Eligible formats include: TV one-offs (maximum 52 minutes), docuseries (minimum 4 episodes, 52 minutes each), and feature documentaries (over 70 minutes).
Submissions must include a trailer or teaser (subtitles in English); entries without one will not be considered.
Projects must not be in post-production and must not have been publicly pitched at any other industry events, markets or festivals prior to MIA 2026.
To check eligibility criteria, see our Main Guidelines and Rules 2026.
Please check our FAQ and if you need further information, get in contact with us: mia.doc@miamarket.it
The deadline for applications is July 3rd, 2026 by 5pm CEST! APPLY NOW!
Established as a benchmark for the European and International players, over the past editions the Doc Co-Production Market has successfully supported several of the selected features and series in their path to production and completion. Among them, to quote only a few titles:
Roberto Rossellini, Più di una vita Feature, Italy, directed by Ilaria De Laurentis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti, B&B FILM e VSF FILM with RAI CINEMA, ZDF, ARTE; Giulio Regeni. All the evil in the world. Death in Cairo. Feature, Italy, directed by Simone Manetti, Ganesh Produzioni, Fandango, in collaboration with Sky, 5/6, Percettiva, Hop Film e Wider Studio; I’m in Love with Pippa Bacca, Feature, Italy, directed by Simone Manetti, Nacne Sas A+E Networks Italia, in collaboration with Filmoption International, Fiumi Film, Esplorare la Metropoli; Searching for Valentina. The world of Guido Crepax, Feature, Italy, directed by Giancarlo Soldi, Bizef Produzione Srl in collaboration with Rai Com, RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Rai Cultura, Chromatica, Laser Digital Film; The Rossellinis, Feature, Italy, directed by Alessandro Rossellini B&B Film, Istituto Luce, VFS, in collaboration with Uldis Cekulis, Rai Cinema; Alida in Her Own Words, Feature Doc, Italy, directed by Mimmo Verdesca, Venice Films, Kublai Film, Fenix Entertainment; in collaboration with Istituto Luce, Rai Cinema; Erasmus a Gaza, TV One-off Italy, directed by Matteo Delbo, Arpa Film, 50notturno; Sergio Marchionne – the courage to matter, TV One-Off, Italy, directed by Giovanni Filippetto, Red Film, Rai Documentari; Beloved Shores, Feature Doc, Italy, directed by Egidio Eronico, Schicchera Production, EiE Film, Istituto Luce, DBW Communication, Sky Italia; Live Till I Die, Feature Doc, Sweden, directed by Anders Teigen, Oscar Hedin, Gustav Ågerstrand and Åsa Ekman, Film and Tell; Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, Feature Doc, Italy, directed by Maxim Derevianko, Incipit Film; Lost for Words, Feature Doc, UK, directed by Hannah Papacek, Rétroviseur Productions.
